For 16g has sharp corners, razor-thin edges and taut wires that require some soft undergrowth. It spends much of its time slicing through the air at a relatively high frequency, though Kojima exercises keen restraint. Tatsuro Kojima has been preparing his debut album for over two years, during which time he has also been busy [...]
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Five questions for Audiobulb
Known for their astute attention to detail in all manner of electronics, Audiobulb have etched a consistent path that enables their roster to evolve in both audio and visual projections. Nurturing exploratory creations since 2003, David Newman sat down to respond to igloomag.com’s Five questions and disseminates how the process began and where it seems [...]
Swimming :: Ellipses (Audiobulb)
An affluent and passionate work. Its roots, which are made up of varied beats of specific and careful placement, allow it to grow, develop and flourish, creating a swollen effect that exercises a careful blend of acoustic guitar melody, bass, and beads of intricately placed percussion – the result being a poignant musical essence. [Release [...]
A Dancing Beggar :: Follow The Dark As If It Were Light (Audiobulb)
A Dancing Beggar offers a shifting pattern of tranquility that produces both a calming and sophisticated landscape – indefinitely mapped out and driven exclusively from an undercurrent of well thought out arrangements – hitting on sensitive touches, and compelling attention to detail. [Purchase] With a rather un-dramatic poise, this second album from A Dancing Beggar [...]
Monty Adkins :: Fragile.Flicker.Fragment (Audiobulb)
Fragile.Flicker.Fragment. is an affectionate tuneful application of instrumentation that gives way to plural watery textures of organic sound construction and mythological extract resulting in a calming electronic spectrum. [Purchase] Composer Monty Adkins was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, where he read music, specializing in French Medieval and Italian Renaissance music. After being introduced [...]
The Hole Punch Generation :: Conversations (Audiobulb)
Plenty of texture paste here, interwoven well, making it a responsive, forward thinking ride. [Listen | Purchase] With two mixes of definite contrast, The Hole Punch Generation‘s Conversations can seem somewhat confused. Commencing with a very pretty direction, the beat tends to overtake things somewhat. It’s faster than a rollercoaster; taking a very individual path [...]
AUDIOBULB :: 3view 2011.1
2010 was a busy year for Sheffield’s favourite purveyors of exploratory electronica, Audiobulb. This round-up finds curator David Newman giving voice to a typically wide-ranging set of releases, two of which are compilations and one a solo effort. Alan Lockett checks the strength of the ‘bulb’s wattage. (:papercutz :: Do Outro Lado do Espelho (Lylac [...]
Pascal Savy :: The Silent Watcher (Audiomoves)
“…a more than promising first outing permeated by a sense of carefully engineered choreographing of atmospheres, and, as such, Savy’s arrangements strike at times as a little too studied – though not over-fussy…” (November 2010) Audiobulb’s recently inaugurated digital download sublabel, Audiomoves, provides a platform for this very decent debut by London-based sonician Pascal Savy. [...]
Calika :: Seedling Mother (Audiobulb)
(09.10.07) David Newman trails releases on his Audiobulb Records as “Exploratory Electronic Music,” and it’s no empty sloganeering. Simon Kealoha’s third album as Calika – sequel to first Audiobulb outing, Small Talk Kills Me, and Benbecula bash, The Bright Spot – certainly fits the questing bill. Whether or not its explorations bear a yield of [...]
Calika :: Small Talk Kills Me (Audiobulb)
(11.30.05) Calika’s debut release, Small Talk Kills Me, isn’t what I’d call background music. It’s not music you can put on and let become ambient, lulling sound. Small Talk… is an unexpected blend of sounds created by solo artist Simon Kealoha. He explores territory that most electronic artists seem to shy away from; a marriage [...]